Herlings takes pole in race where Cairoli has crossed the limits

Jeffrey Herlings won the qualifying race and as such will start from pole position to tomorrow. The KTM rider jumped into the lead early in the opening stages, while Gautier Paulin was second to Cairoli behind him. At this point, Gajser was fourth and Febvre was biting his heels.

Over time, Herlings began to put a higher rhythm and eventually moved away from the competition. From this moment, Cairoli tried to find a way to overtake the Husqvarna rider in order to reach his team-mate.

However, the race didn’t go well for Cairoli. With just a few minutes to start the final two laps, the rider’s bike suffered a problem and the #222 ended up moving beyond the limits of sportsmanship when kicking his bike. After that, the italian got on his bike and returned to the race in seventh place.

In the end, Herlings added another triumph for his ‘record sheet’. Gautier took second and Gajser moved up to third. Jeremy van Horebeek and Romain Febvre closed the top five with Seewer in sixth place. Cairoli finished in seventh place.